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Keyboard Shortcuts in Word |
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At times it's easier to use keyboard shortcuts than using the menus. Below are shortcut keystrokes that you can use in Word.
Command | Keystroke | File | | | Save the document | CTRL + S | | Save As... | F12 | | Close an open menu | ESC | | Open a new document | CTRL + N | | Close the current document | CTRL + W | | Print a document | CTRL + P | | Print Preview | CTRL + F2 | Document Navigation | | | Top of the document | CTRL + HOME | | Bottom of the document | CTRL + END | | Beginning of a line | HOME | | End of a line | END | Table Navigation | | | One cell to the right | TAB | | One cell to the left | SHIFT + TAB | | Up one row | Up Arrow | | Down one row | Down Arrow | Working with Text | | | Select All | CTRL + A | | Copy selection (text or object) | CTRL + C | | Cut selection (text or object) | CTRL + X | | Paste (text or object) | CTRL + V | | Copy formatting | CTRL + SHIFT + C | | Paste formatting | CTRL + SHIFT + V | | Undo the last command | CTRL + Z | | Redo the last command | CTRL + Y | | Repeat the last comand | F4 | | Move current paragraph up one paragraph at a time | ALT + SHIFT + UP (Up Arrow)
| | Move current paragraph down one paragraph at a time | ALT + SHIFT + DOWN (Down Arrow) | Formatting of Selected Text | | | Bold | CTRL + B | | Underline | CTRL + U | Double Underline
| Ctrl + Shift + D
| | Italicize | CTRL + I | | Superscript | CTRL + = (Equal Sign) | | Subscript | CTRL + + (Plus Sign) | Increase font size 1 pt
| Ctrl + ]
| Decrease font size 1 pt
| Ctrl + [ | | Increase font size 2 pts | CTRL + SHIFT + > (greater than sign) | | Decrease font size 2 pts | CTRL + SHIFT + < (less than sign) | Cycle through Case Changes for selected text
(e.g. Upper, lower, title, sentence)
| SHIFT + F3
| Line break (new line without new bullet)
| SHIFT + ENTER
| Clear all formatting from selected text
| CTRL + SHIFT + F9
| Formatting of Selected Paragraph(s) | | | Right align | CTRL + R | | Left align | CTRL + L | | Center align | CTRL + E | | Justify align | CTRL + J | | Indent paragraph | CTRL + M | | Remove indent paragraph | CTRL + SHIFT + M | | Single space | CTRL + 1 | | Double space | CTRL + 2 | | 1.5 line space | CTRL + 5 | Apply or remove space above current paragraph
| Ctrl + 0 (zero)
| | Apply Normal style | Ctrl + Shift + | Apply Heading 1 style
| Ctrl + Alt + 1
| Apply Heading 2 style
| Ctrl + Alt + 2
| Apply Heading 3 style
| Ctrl + Alt + 3 | Apply List style
| Ctrl + Shift + L
| Insert Characters & Objects | | | Page break | CTRL + ENTER | | Non-breaking hyphen | CTRL + - (hyphen) | | Non-breaking space ("sticky space") | CTRL + SHIFT + SPACE | | Copyright symbol | CTRL + ALT + C
or if autoformatting is on, type (c) | | Trademark symbol | CTRL + ALT + T
or if autoformatting is on, type (tm) | | Registered Trademark symbol | CTRL + ALT + R
or if autoformatting is on, type (r) | | Mail Merge field | ALT + SHIFT + F | | Footnote | CTRL + ALT + F | | Endnote | CTRL + ALT + D | | Mark an index entry | CTRL + SHIFT + X | Open Dialog Boxes | | | Find | CTRL + F | | Replace | CTRL + H | | Open file | CTRL + O | | Go To | CTRL + G | | Thesaurus | SHIFT + F7 | | Macro | ALT + F8 | Objects | | | Duplicate a selected object | CTRL + D or CTRL + Drag | | Nudge a selected object | Arrow keys | | Update a selected field or table calculation | F9 |
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